User blog comment:QueenShebaPunch/DmC: A Reboot or Alternate Universe?/@comment-1512913-20121101231232/@comment-1512913-20121102003102

That's not a statement from Capcom or Ninja Theory but a journalist/author that apparently has no idea about what a "parallel universe" is. Also again, parallel universe and alternative universe are 2 different things. With that being said, the information provided in here is incorrect. All direct interviews/statements refer to it as a reboot.

Of course it's not canon, just like the latest Batman trilogy isn't to previous work or just like how James Bond over the generations aren't related but rather start anew.